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Igor Medeiros

Igor Medeiros is a Brazilian Java Card specialist, working on it since 2003. He promotes Java Card as a speaker and writer in Brazil. He uses to help academic students in their thesis on smart cards and Java. He works at the research institute LSITEC and spends his free time on Photography and as a volunteer assisting homeless people.

 

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X-Card, where Java Cardâ„¢ developers meet

Posted by igormedeiros on June 9, 2009 at 10:58 PM EDT
I have not posted here lately, the excuse is the same as always, but this time for a good cause, I have worked intensively in the book and the development of Eclipse plugin X-Card Tools.

I created a social network only for Java developers meeting around the source code for the following purposes:

Java Card Development Tool Opensource

Posted by igormedeiros on October 10, 2008 at 10:23 AM EDT

A new project opensource was started to help developers on the Java Card applets development.

The project X-Card Tools is still under definition and receiving contribution requests, if you want to get involved, visit: https://x-card-toos.dev.java.net/

- Igor

Java Card 3.0 is released, and now?

Posted by igormedeiros on April 4, 2008 at 2:52 PM EDT
After almost one year after the announcement of the Java Card 3.0, Sun finally releases Java Card 3.0! A future not so distant is waiting for us to develop applications really interesting under platforms as iPhone and Android with the security that Java Card applications can provide.

Are you a Sun Certified Java Card Programmer?

Posted by igormedeiros on February 28, 2008 at 11:50 AM EST
Many Java Developers working with Java Card around the world would like to receive more attention from the market like a SUN suported certification program, for example. Would you be interested in a Sun "Java Card Developer Certification Program"?

I published a form with some questions to know more about a possible demand for a Java Card certification program.

Cares In Smart Card Terminal Development Using Non-Java Solutions # 1

Posted by igormedeiros on November 14, 2007 at 11:38 AM EST

Application development for smart card, becomes accessible for anyJava developer after Java Card was created.

While APDU is an entrance to Java Card...

Posted by igormedeiros on August 14, 2007 at 1:05 PM EDT

APDU is defined at ISO 7816 and means "Application Protocol Data Units", where two structured string of bytes, a Command APDU (C-APDU) and a Response APDU (R-APDU) controls the communication between the host (like the Desktop computer) and the smart card, where the smart card receives a C-APDU from the host and returns C-APDU.

In the C-APDU, the first four bytes are mandatory, they are:

Java Card Development Kit, Make your Choice

Posted by igormedeiros on May 15, 2007 at 11:06 AM EDT

Everyone can mount their own development kit, buying each element (smart card reader, smart cards, SDK and Java Card applet uploader) from different vendors or in some cases getting some of these elements for free.

The market of smart cards is still very small and closed, this makes it hard to find information about free alternatives for Java Card development tools.